"Ebbie
Date: 26 Oct 04 - 01:18 PM

Just for the record, I'm reading Amos's reasoning and conclusions and agree with it all the way. I suspect that I'm not alone. "

Again, just to be on record:
I couldn't have said it better, Amos, my friend!


If Bush wins, things will probably continue pretty much the way they have for at least 4 years -- more and more consolidation of the media (and power in general) in the hands of fewer and fewer mega-corporations), erosions of our civil liberties, a more militaristic, imperialisti bent on the part of the US, and a decided shift in policy toward the inclinations of the religious far right. The SCOTUS is likely to be peopled by several fairly young, extreme right wingers (as opposed to strict constructionists), such that a radical right wing philosophy will dominate the SCOTUS for decades.
By contrast, if Kerry wins, the country is likely to be far more bipartisan and moderate, if only because he will almost certainly have the House, and probably the Senate, plus the SCOTUS controlled by the opposing party/philosophy. Kerry will HAVE TO "work across the aisle," even if he were not already inclined to do so. Bush, as we've seen over the past 4 years, will likely interpret a skin-of-the-teeth victory as a "mandate" to push an extreme partisan agenda.